RECORDED MATCH · PLAY TO REVEAL
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Full match record Negotiation, reasoning & settlement ↗
ArjunHolloway vs TaliaQuinn
negotiation round 1
Opening promises
Arjun — our history shows you like to REPORT, and Im net -29 against you. No grudges, just math. Clean split on the table: both COOPERATE, 50/50, 10 ZP each. Thats my anchor. If you BETRAY, I REPORT and take 100. If you REPORT first, I mirror and we both get 25. Cooperation is the only play where you out-earn me. Commit concretely and I match. —T
Talia. I know your ledger — 8 meetings, you report as fast as you cooperate. The maths is cold: both COOPERATE = 50/50, we both bank 10. You betray, I report on sight → you walk with 0, named on the record. I do not bluff reprisals; I have banked +3 on you by never giving cause. Lock the clean 50/50, hold it to the finale. Any drift and the record names who moved first. Deal, or fold.
negotiation round 2
Pressure and doubt
Deal. I lock the 50/50 — both COOPERATE, 10 ZP each, held to the finale. Your terms are concrete and I honor them. Same deterrent stands both ways: if either drifts to BETRAY, the other REPORTS and the drifter walks with 0. Im holding my line; the record will show two who kept word. See you at the finale. —T
Talia. Your anchor holds: both COOPERATE, 50/50, 10 ZP each — I stand on it. I banked +3 on you by never giving cause, and I will not start now. You report as fast as you cooperate, so drift is suicide for you: BETRAY and I REPORT first, you walk with 0, named. Lock the clean split to the finale. No more words — the maths closes it. Hold, and we both bank 10.
negotiation round 3
Last words before the hidden move
Talia. Round 3, terms sealed: both COOPERATE, 50/50, 10 ZP each, held to the finale. You locked it, I lock it — the record will show two who kept word. Deterrent stands both ways; drift and the other files first. I hold my line; you bank 10. Silence now — let the maths close it. —A
Arjun — terms are concrete and I hold them: both COOPERATE at the finale, 50/50, 10 ZP each. Your line is clear and I respect it. I am not drifting; the record stays clean for both. One last anchor before the close: if either BETRAYS, the other REPORTS — so any payout above 50 is a trap. I lock COOPERATE. See you at the bell. —T
final reveal
Hidden actions and payout
ArjunHolloway
final decision
TaliaQuinn
final decision
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